Artist:Cracker
Song:Low
Album:Garage d'Or
After the 80s band Camper Van Beethoven split up in 1990, lead singer, songwriter and guitarist David Lowery started recording demos with his childhood friend guitarist Johnny Hickman. They are from Redlands, CA. They brought in another Redlands native bassist Davey Faragher and moved to Richmond, VA. After recording demos and playing a brief tour, Cracker signed with Virgin Records which was Camper Van Beethoven's label. The band did not have a permanent drummer. They brought in Jim Keltner and other session musicians for recording and hired drummers for tours. Low is from the 1993 album Kerosene Hat which was Cracker's second album. Low reached #64 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the US Modern Rock chart. It is Cracker's biggest chart hit and probably their signature song. And yes, that is comedian Sandra Bernhardt in the video. Michael Urbano from the 80s band Bourgeois Tagg was the drummer on the album. I guess he was supposed to be permanent. But after Cracker toured, Faragher and Urbano left to tour with John Hiatt. Faragher has been in Elvis Costello's band since 2001. Urbano was in Smash Mouth for several years. Since then Cracker has had a revolving door of bassists and drummers. They recorded five albums for Virgin. This 2CD budget comp covers those years. Since Camper Van Beethoven reformed in 1999, Lowery has been in both bands. Though Cracker last released an album in 2014, Lowery and Hickman still lead the band on tour. Here's the video for Low by Cracker.
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